School age population, primary education, male in Malawi
Malawi: School age population, primary education, male was 1.72 million in 2025. β² Rising
School age population, primary education, male in Malawi, 1970β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2025, school age population, primary education, male in Malawi stood at 1.72 million. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, primary education, male in Malawi peaked at 1.72 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 351,620, in 1970.
Malawi ranks 47th of 222 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 407,252 | 351,620 | 471,265 | 10 |
| 1980s | 597,915 | 490,049 | 738,432 | 10 |
| 1990s | 883,587 | 779,487 | 1.14 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.07 million | 960,582 | 1.21 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.46 million | 1.25 million | 1.64 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.69 million | 1.66 million | 1.72 million | 6 |
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More education data for Malawi
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 87,834 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 139.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0041 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, primary education, male in Malawi?
- School age population, primary education, male in Malawi was 1.72 million in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, primary education, male recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.72 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest school age population, primary education, male recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 351,620 in 1970.
- How does Malawi rank for school age population, primary education, male?
- Malawi ranks 47th out of 222 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, primary education, male rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, primary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release